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    Week 14, Monday: Solve take-from word problems · Retell the events of a classic Cinderella tale

    Day 66 · 3 lessons · 140 min

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    Math

    Students will solve take-from word problems with the result unknown by drawing a bar model with the part taken away crossed out and writing a subtraction equation (2.OA.A.1).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. 15 − 8 = ? Facts to 20
    2. Ava has 50 shells. Ava gets 32 more. How many shells now? Week 13
    3. Add the tens first: 66 + 30 = ? Week 11

    Standards Addressed

    2.OA.A.12.NBT.B.5

    Activities

    10 min

    Warm-Up

    Spiral from Week 13: read one add-to problem, 'Priya had 28 beads and got 14 more. How many now?' (42). Then say, 'Now flip it. Priya had 42 beads and gave away 14. How many are left?' Have your child predict the answer before drawing (28).

    15 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Read: 'There were 52 cookies on the tray. The family ate 27. How many cookies are left?' Draw one bar labeled 52 across the top, split it into a part labeled 27 with a big X through it and a part labeled ?. Write 52 - 27 = ? and solve two ways: count up from 27 to 52 (3 to 30, 22 more, so 25) and subtract with tens and ones. Name it a 'take-from' problem.

    15 min

    Practice

    Your child solves: 'Diego had 45 balloons. 18 floated away. How many are left?' (27) and 'A parking lot had 70 cars. 36 cars drove off. How many cars are still there?' (34). For each, draw the bar, cross out the part, write the equation with ?, and check by adding the answer back to the part taken (27 + 18 = 45).

    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Ask, 'Why does adding the answer back to the part you took away give the starting number?' Add take-from to the word wall.

    Materials Needed

    whiteboard or large paperpaperpencildried beans

    Related Resources

    Math Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)Math Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

    English Language Arts

    Students will retell the events of a classic Cinderella tale and identify its main characters and setting (RL.2.2, RL.2.3).

    Remember?

    3 quick questions from earlier weeks · about 3 minutes

    1. What do we call words that end with the same sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'? Week 13
    2. A text says 'Bees carry pollen.' A picture shows yellow dust on a bee. What does the picture add? Week 11
    3. Fill in the collective noun: a ___ of fish. Grammar and spelling

    Standards Addressed

    RL.2.2RL.2.3RL.2.9+1 more

    Activities

    15 min

    Read-Aloud

    Read 'Cinderella' by Marcia Brown (the Perrault version with the pumpkin coach) straight through. Remind your child that last week poets used sound to make meaning; this week they will see how different tellers change the same story. Ask: 'Who helps Cinderella, and what does she lose at the ball?'

    Cinderella by Marcia Brown
    10 min

    Mini-Lesson

    Draw a story map with five boxes labeled Character, Setting, Problem, Helper, Ending. Fill it in together for Marcia Brown's version (Cinderella; a kingdom in France long ago; her stepsisters keep her from the ball; a fairy godmother; the glass slipper fits). Keep this map for Wednesday's comparison.

    paperpencil
    15 min

    Guided Reading

    Reread the pages where the fairy godmother transforms the pumpkin, mice, and rat. Your child reads the transformation list aloud and you list each 'before' and 'after' on paper (pumpkin to coach, six mice to six horses). Ask which change they think is the funniest and why.

    Cinderella by Marcia Brownpaperpencil
    15 min

    Writing Workshop

    Your child writes a five-sentence retelling of Marcia Brown's Cinderella using the words first, next, then, after that, and finally. Model the first sentence aloud: 'First, Cinderella's stepsisters went to the ball and left her at home.'

    writing paperpencilfolder
    10 min

    Phonics: Compound Words

    Explain that a compound word is two small words glued into one. Write and read: sunshine, bedroom, cupcake, football, rainbow, birthday, doghouse, sailboat, popcorn, fireplace. Your child draws a line between the two little words in each and tells what the big word means.

    index cardsmarker

    Materials Needed

    Cinderella by Marcia Brownpaperpencilwriting paperfolderindex cardsmarker

    Related Resources

    ELA Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)ELA Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

    Science

    Students will ask questions and make observations to define a simple problem that people want to change (K-2-ETS1-1).

    Standards Addressed

    K-2-ETS1-1

    Activities

    5 min

    Science Question of the Week

    Ask: 'How do engineers figure out exactly what the problem is before they start building?' Read the sticky-note problems from last Friday's reflection and choose one family problem to solve this week, or use this one: 'Crayons roll off the table and break.'

    20 min

    Investigation

    Play detective. Put five crayons on a table, nudge the table, and watch what happens; then try it on a tablecloth, a plate, and a folded towel. Record on a chart with three columns, 'surface', 'how many rolled off', and 'what I noticed'. Ask 'who, what, where, when, why' questions about the problem and write the three best ones in the Engineering Notebook ('Where do crayons roll the most? When does it happen? Who gets upset?').

    5 crayonstablecloth or dish towelplatefolded towelEngineering Notebookpencil
    5 min

    Wrap-Up

    Write a problem statement together in one sentence: 'Crayons roll off flat tables, and that breaks them.' Explain that a clear problem statement is step one of the design process, and tape it to the notebook cover.

    Materials Needed

    5 crayonstablecloth or dish towelplatefolded towelEngineering Notebookpenciltape

    Related Resources

    Science Worksheets (Weeks 13-16)Science Answer Key (Weeks 13-16)

    Today's Practice

    One page for your child for each lesson. Answers are for grown-ups.

    Math practice · Week 14 · Monday

    I can solve a take-away story with a bar model.

    Look: There were 61 muffins. The team ate 25. How many are left?

    1. Draw a bar for 61. Mark off a part for 25 and cross it out.
    2. The part that is left is ?. Write 61 − 25 = ?
    3. 61 − 25 = 36. Check: 36 + 25 = 61.

    Draw the bar. Cross out the part taken away. Write the equation and solve.

    1. Maria had 53 balloons. 26 popped. How many are left?
    2. There were 80 cars in a lot. 45 drove away. How many cars are still there?
    3. A tree had 64 apples. Jin picked 38. How many apples are on the tree now?
    4. Zoe had 47 stickers. She used 19. How many are left?

    Challenge

    • Check problem 2 by adding: 35 + 45 = ____
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    ELA practice · Week 14 · Monday

    I can tell the parts of a story.

    Look: football → foot|ball

    1. Look for two small words.
    2. Draw a line between them: foot|ball.
    3. Read each word, then the whole word.

    Fill in the story map for the Cinderella story you read today.

    1. Setting (where and when):
    2. Problem:
    3. Helper:
    4. Ending:

    Draw a line between the two small words.

    1. raincoat
    2. starfish
    3. bathtub
    4. seashell

    Challenge

    • Retell the start: First, ____.
    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky

    Science practice · Week 14 · Monday

    I can look closely to find out about a problem.

    Put 5 crayons on each surface. Nudge the table. Count how many roll off.

    SurfaceHow many rolled offWhat I noticed
    1. Write two questions about the problem. Use who, what, where, when or why.

    Say the problem in one clear sentence.

    1. The problem is ____.

    You need: 5 crayons, a tablecloth, a plate, a folded towel

    How did it go? Great Okay Tricky